The first day in Austin was pretty great. We got checked in at the Convention Center easily, although the "big bag," the SXSW swag bag that's given to all attendees was pretty disappointing, composed mostly of magazines and flyers. (There is a comp of Japanese bands I'm looking forward to checking out, though.)
We had a great dinner at Guerro's Taco Bar (featured in Deathproof, one of my favorite movies) and met a couple of people from the SXSW Baby boards at Lovejoy's. They turned out to be very cool, so we went with them down to Mother Egan's. Being St. Patrick's day, everything was packed, but we had a great time. Afterward, Heather and I went to Red 7 to catch Filler, a Minor Threat cover band. We were too late to see the Ramonahs, a cross-dressing Ramones tribute band, but Filler more than made up for it. We also witnessed a pretty brutal beat-down on the street outside Red 7, after some drunken punker allegedly punched a girl. Who knows what really happend, but we managed to stay above the fray and enjoy the show.
A Minor Threat cover band with members of Rise Against, the Riverboat
Gamblers, MXPX and the Gorilla Biscuits.
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